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Cross-references
Amos 5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Isaiah 42:2-3 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
Psalms 26:8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Psalms 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Matthew 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
John 7:3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
John 7:5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on John 7:1-13
We have here, I. The reason given why Christ spent more of his time in Galilee than in Judea (Joh 7:1): because the Jews, the people in Judea and Jerusalem, sought to kill him, for curing the impotent man on the sabbath day, Joh 5:16. They thought to be the death of him, either by a popular tumult or by a legal prosecution, in consideration of which he kept at a distance in another part of the country, very much out of the lines of Jerusalem's communication. It is not said, He durst not, but, He would not, walk in Jewry; it was not through fear and cowardice that he declined it, but in prudence, because his hour was not yet come. Note, 1. Gospel light is justly taken away from those that end…
then went he . . . not openly--not "in the (caravan) company" [MEYER]. See on Luk 2:44.
as it were in secret--rather, "in a manner secretly"; perhaps by some other route, and in a way not to attract notice.
Adam Clarke on John 7:10
But when his brethren were gone up - Having despatched his business, and the concourse of people being now past, he went up also.
John Gill on John 7:10
But when his brethren were gone up,.... To the feast, as all the Oriental versions read, from the next clause:
then went he also up unto the feast; the Ethiopic version reads, "he went up that day"; which is very likely, and no ways contrary to what is said, in John 7:14; for though he did not go up to the temple to teach, till the middle of the feast, he might be up at the feast sooner: and according to the law, it was necessary that he should be there on the first and second days, and keep the Chagigah, and make his appearance in the court; though there was a provision made for such that failed, the canon runs thus (m);
"he that does not make his festival sacrifice, on the first good day…
Or, He went up in secret, because He did not seek the favour of men, and took no pleasure in pomp, and being followed about with crowds.
The expression, "when His brethren were gone up," is that of one showing that He chose not to go up with them. On which account He abode where He was, and manifested not Himself, although they in a manner urged Him to do so. But why did He, who ever spake openly, do so now "as it were in secret"? The writer saith not "secretly," but, "as it were in secret." For thus, as I have said, He seemed to be instructing us how to manage matters. And, apart from this, it was not the same to come among them when heated and restive, as to do so afterwards when the feast was ended.
(Tract. xxviii. 8) He went up, however, not to get temporary glory, but to teach wholesome doctrine, and remind men of the eternal feast. (Tract. xxviii. 9) Or the meaning is, that all the ceremonial of the ancient people was the figure of what was to be; such as the feast of tabernacles. Which figure is now unveiled to us. Our Lord went up in secret, to represent the figurative system. He concealed Himself at the feast itself, because the feast itself signified, that the members of Christ were in a strange country. For he dwells in the tents, who regards himself as a stranger in the world. The word scenopegia here means the feast of tabernacles.
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Dictionary and topics
Feasts, The Anniversary · Were seasons of: Christ attended — Were seasons of: Christ attended
Law Of Moses, The · Christ: Attended all feasts of — Christ: Attended all feasts of
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
John Calvin on John 7:9-13
John 7:9-13
9. And having said these things, he remained in Galilee. 10. And when his brethren had gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but, as it were, in secret. 11. The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? 12. And there was much murmuring concerning him among the crowds; for some said, He is a good man, and others said, No, but he seduceth the multitude. 13. Yet no man spoke openly about him for fear of the Jews.
9. He remained in Galilee. The Evangelist here places before our eyes the cousins of our Lord Jesus Christ, [182] who, in compliance with ordinary customs, pretend to worship God, but yet are on friendly terms with unbelievers, and t…
